From: Randall Parker 

In , the sagacious
blucy{at}mediaone.net Bill Lucy perspicated:
> There just weren't many double jeopardy cases heard by the Court until
> the late 20th century (boy is that strange to write!).

Probably because the US gov't didn't have as many laws on the books back
then. It was unlikely to conflict with the states on a whole host of
issues.

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